President Donald Trump’s administration is demanding states “undo” full SNAP benefits paid out under judges’ orders last week, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed those rulings, marking the latest swing in a seesawing legal battle over the anti-hunger program used by 42 million Americans.
The demand from the U.S. Department of Agriculture came as more than two dozen states warned of “catastrophic operational disruptions” if the Trump administration does not reimburse them for those SNAP benefits they authorized before the Supreme Court’s stay.
Nonprofits and Democratic attorneys general sued to force the Trump administration to maintain the program in November despite the ongoing government shutdown. They won the favorable rulings last week, leading to the swift release of benefits to millions in several states, and the Trump administration belatedly said the program could continue.
This is cruel and cowardly. States did the right thing and put food on people’s tables while the feds were dragging their feet, and now the USDA is threatening penalties and trying to claw money back like it’s some accounting exercise instead of real hunger. Unbelievable.
If Trump wants a courtroom fight over whether people get to eat, fine, see you in court, but the moral bottom line is clear, and the political theater here is disgusting. Congress should reimburse states and end the shutdown, not punish people for a crisis the administration created.
Eat the rich. They’re begging for it at this point.
We must go over them, not around
Aren’t these already paid for? 2023?
“No”
American Balkanisation could be in the cards
